Identification of the root nodule symbiont of the rare legume species hedysarum confertum desf. (Hedysarum Humile L.) in its italian relictual site

Plant Biosystems

Volumn 145, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 901-905

  Tondello, A ^a   Villani, M ^a   Alessandrini, A ^b   Baldan, B ^a   Squartini, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Istituto Beni Culturali della Regione Emilia Romagna   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hedysarum confertum; Hedysarum humile; Mesorhizobium sp. root nodule symbiont

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FABACEAE; HEDYSARUM; HEDYSARUM HUMILE; MESORHIZOBIUM;

EID: 84858019932     PISSN: 11263504     EISSN: 17245575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11263504.2011.633109     Document Type: Article

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